Quarter 4

Quarter 4: At a Glance


  • Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to four categories.

  • Students will create a pictograph and bar graph to represent a data set.

  • Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and comparison problems using information presented in a picture and a bar graph.

  • Solve a variety of one- step and two- step story problems including start unknown, bigger unknown, smaller unknown, change unknown, and result unknown.

  • Identifying and representing coins and their specific values.

  • Understand that money amounts can be represented by different combinations of coins.

  • Shapes are defined or identified based on their attributes.

  • Equal shares of a shape all have the same area, but not always the same shape.

  • Equal shares of a shape combine to form the whole.

Our 4th EL Module will continue our study of pollination as we focus on how we, as learners can contribute to a better world, too:

  • What does it mean to make the world a better place?

  • What dangers do pollinators face?

  • Why should people protect pollinators?


Our close read alouds include:

  • The Bear and the Bee

  • The Little Hummingbird

  • The Ant and the Grasshopper

  • The Lizard and the Sun

  • A Place for Bats

  • Hey, Little Ant?

  • A Place for Butterflies



This quarter in science we will focus on animal life cycles! Understand that animals can grow and change, they experience different stages of development called a life cycle. These stages include birth, developing into an adult, reproducing offspring, and all animals are programmed to age and eventually die. These different animals spend varying periods of time in each stage of the life cycle. Some animals have few stages of a life cycle, while others have several stages of a life cycle. Some animals might look the same, similar, or completely different at specific stages of development.

Animals may have varied needs at different stages of development. Some animals may occupy unique habitats according to the needs of their different stages of development.

Our theme this quarter in social studies will be Geography and the Environment. Students will learn how scarcity affects economic decisions. They will be understand how the availability of resources impacts the production of goods. Along with Understanding how interaction between humans and the physical environment is impacted by movement and settlement. Lastly, Interpret how the movement of people, goods, and ideas has impacted the regional development of America